Clothes-handling implement



Jan. 8 1924.

M. R. FENNE'LLY CLOTHES HANDLING IMPLEMENT Filed Sept. 1, 1925 Supe/nto@I MET orifice. i

MARY R. FENNELIJY, OF ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA.

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CLGTHES-HANDLING IMPLEMEN'I.

Application filed September 1, 1923. Seral No. 660,531.

To @Zd lwhom t 'may concern.' The rectangular frame 5 is preferably 50Be it known that I, MARY R. FENNELLY, constructed by bending a suitablepiece of citizen of the United States, residing at wire with the ends ofthe latter directed Alexandria, in the parish oi Rapides and upwardly inparallel contiguous relation to State or' Louisiana, have inventedcertain form the shank 6 as shown.

new and useful Improvements in lClothes- The clothes pins 7` arepreferably of the 55 Handling Implements, of which the 'followici-mshown embodying a pair of jaw meming is a specilication. bers 9, ofsimilar form normally yieldingly" This invention relates to a clotheshandheld into contact with each other by means 10 ling implementparticularly useful in the of a peculiar form of spring l0r as is wellwashing and dyfeing or' clothes of for the reknown in the art, thecontacting ends of the 6o moval of the latter from hot water or theclothes pin members 9 being recessed as at like. 1l, so as to grip theclothes and the vclothes,

The primary object of the invention is line as is well known, and thefinger pieces to provide a device of the above kind, by ot the jaws 9indicated at 12 being northe use of which the necessity of a personmally separated, so that when they arc 65 immersing his hands in the dyeor water is forced together against the action oi the eliminated. springl0, the opposite ends of the jaw mem- A further object of the inventionis to bers are separated for being slipped onto provide a simple7durable and eiiicient imthe clothes line.

plement by means of which disagreeable or In accordance with 'thepresent invention, 70

dirty clothes may be handled during washthe clothes pin jaws 9 areprovided with furing or the same without requiring direct ther matingrecesses in their adjacent faces contact of the persons hands with theas indicated at I3, at a. point inwardly of clothes. the clothes linereceiving recesses 1l, or sub- Other objects will appear as the naturestantially midway between the ends of the 75 of the invention is betterunderstood, and jaws. The jaws are opened bympressing the the sameconsists in the novel form, comlinger pieces 12 toward each other, so asbination and arrangement of parts hereinto permit the clothes pins tovbe readily after more 'fully described, shown in the acsnapped onto thebottom member of the companying drawings and claimed. frame 5, so that,whenproperly disposed, 80

In the drawings, wherein. like refei'ei'ice the clothes pins arearranged in spaced relacharacters indicate corresponding parts in tionon the saine, as shown in Figure Il. the two views. In the use oi thedevice, the clothes pins Figure l is an elevational view of a clothesthat are mounted upon the bottom member handling implement constructedin accordof the 'frame 5 are snapped into engage- S5 ance with thepresent invention, and ment with the clothes and the handle 8 Figure 2is an -enlarged sectional view, is then grasped for permittingmanip-ulataken substantially upon the line 2 2 of tion of the clotheswithout contact therewith 40 Figure l. by the hands 0i' the operatorduring the wash- Beferring more in detail to the drawing, ing or dyeingthereof or removal 0i the same 90 the invention embodies an openelongated frOIIl 110i Water. rectangular frame 5 having a shank up- Thedevice thus .presented is extremely wardly extending from the centralportion simple and durable in construction, is capaof the top thereof asat 6 and having a ble of being cheaply and easily manuplurality ofconventional form of clothes factured as well as placed into use withoutpins 7, mounted upon the bottom member especial skill, and the public issupplied with of the same, a suitable handle 8 being suitan implementwhich answers a long existably fixed upon the shank 6. ing need.

Minor changes may be made Without departing from the spirit and soope ofthe invention as claimed.

W'hat I claim as new is:

A clothes handling implement of the class described Comprising :in openSubstantially rectangular frame composed of substantially rigid top,bottom and side members, u handle rigid With the top member of theframe, and a. plurality of resilient clothes 10 pins Suspended upon thebottoni frame member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MARY R; FENNELLY.

